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Inquiry launched after man collides with David Cameron

ITV News has obtained footage of a man colliding with David Cameron in a Leeds street.

West Yorkshire Police say a 28-year-old man was briefly arrested but was released shortly after, saying the incident was "nothing sinister."

The Metropolitan Police and West Yorkshire Police have since announced they will conduct a review of the "incident" in Leeds when the Prime Minister was approached by a man as he left the Civic Hall, Scotland Yard said

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Man says he 'brushed into' Cameron while running

The man who was arrested after a collision with the Prime Minister has said he was only guilty of "brushing into someone while running".

Dean Farley said he was only guilty of 'brushing into someone while running'. Credit: Facebook/Dean Balboa Farley

Dean Farley wrote on his Facebook page: "So I'm all over the news as 'the protester that attacked David Cameron in Leeds.'

The man was arrested after the incident, but the police later 'de-arrested' him. Credit: SWNS

"Yeah if you call brushing into someone while running then getting assaulted by half a dozen coppers in suits attacking."

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